Product Design Studio 3 (Human Factors)

Course aim

To introduce students to design for human factors and culturally and contextually appropriate aesthetics for product design.

Course content

Research methods for developing culturally and contextually appropriate visual languages for product design; development of designs and product families to convey meaning for a particular context; introduction to product style concepts and means of creation and coding styles; presention of ideas using images, text via oral, visual presentations; introduction to anthropometrics and the interpretation and application of data for use in product design problems; introduction ot the principles and concepts of interaction design and usability; human abilities and restrictions and how these are measured, described and understood in relation to design of objects.

Textbook(s)

Tilley, Alvin & Henry Dreyfuss Associates 2001, The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design (seminal), Wiley (seminal)

Coates, Del 2002, Watches Tell More Than Time: Product Design, Information, and the Quest for Elegance (seminal), McGraw-Hill (seminal)

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
GRAP 1024	Product Design Studio 2 (Principles)

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Studio	6 hours x 13 weeks
Field Placement (Field Trips)	N/A x as required

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Design Development, Documentation and Presentation, Research and Ideation, Short Project, Summary Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
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